Question

Free-Flo Pipes & Plumbing Corporation is a private employer involved in an employment discrimination suit under the Civil Rights Act. Punitive damages may be recovered against Free-Flo only if the employer ​...
a. ​can easily afford to pay the amount.
b. ​has one hundred or more employees.
c. ​consents.
d. ​acted with malice or reckless indifference.

Answer 1

Answer: Acted with mallice and reckless indifference

Explanation: As per the legislations passed under Civil rights act, to recover the damages beyond simple compensation, in case of discrimination at work place by the employer, the act done must be reckless indifference like deliberate partial behavior on the basis of gender or race.